Aker BP has contracted know-how provider Vissim to implement an upgraded oil spill detection answer on the operator’s mounted and floating installations on the Norwegian continental shelf.
Aker BP will equip installations Valhall, Ula, Edvard Grieg, Ivar Aasen, Alvheim and Skarv with the brand new and upgraded oil spill detection answer.
The upgraded, radar-based oil spill detection system makes use of picture processing know-how that permits a lot larger sensitivity, which permits it to detect even smaller oil spills, in keeping with Aker BP.
“The brand new answer has resulted in larger sensitivity, which implies that smaller spills will probably be detected however much less false alarms. It additionally re-uses {hardware} that’s already put in offshore and onshore, thereby retaining capital investments to a minimal. It’s a win-win for everybody concerned,” stated Håvard Odden, director of Vissim’s North Sea operations.
The system additionally capitalizes on machine studying to categorise detected phenomena, thus stopping that the system generates false alarms which has historically been a priority in radar-based oil spill detection methods.
The 2-in-one answer from Vissim permits each vessel monitoring and oil spill detection via the identical radar. A better diploma of sensitivity in picture processing makes the brand new system much less prone to false alarms attributable to heavy rain, vessel wake and different phenomena.
Final autumn, Aker BP appointed Vissim to develop an expanded digital platform (dashboard) for oil spill monitoring and detection. This answer integrates enter from a number of detection sources, together with radars, satellites, sensors on subsea manufacturing gear, and mix them into one, full and easy-to-understand visible overview.
The brand new oil spill detection answer will turn out to be an built-in a part of Aker BP’s digital platform for oil spill monitoring and detection.